The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is scheduled for March 13 and 14. All events will be held at the Central School Project in Bisbee with the adult programs in the evening from 6 PM to 9 PM. Tickets are only $5 and will be available at the door the day of the event. Kids under 16 enter for free when accompanied by an adult! Bring your friends and introduce them to the Friends of the San Pedro River. Mark your calendars and plan to join us!

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is coming soon!

Presented by the Friends of the San Pedro River

For over 25 years, the Friends of the San Pedro River have been working to bring awareness to the San Pedro River, truly a special place, and to educate the public on its incredible natural and historic wonders. We have been invited to host our second Wild and Scenic Film Festival, the 12th Annual event, North America’s premier collection of short films on the environment. We have selected 13 films for the evening program for adults that we hope will enthrall and motivate you, and perhaps even inspire you to get outside and enjoy our “wild” place and join us in our efforts to preserve it.

This “friend-raising” event to boost membership is scheduled from 6 PM to 9 PM the evenings of Thursday, March 13, and Friday, March 14. In addition, a Kids Program of 11 very short films is scheduled for Friday afternoon at 1 PM. All events will be held at the Central School Project in Bisbee. Tickets are only $5 (kids under 16 are free with an adult!) and will be available at the door the day of the event. Bring your friends and introduce them to Friends of the San Pedro River.

The film program is centered on water conservation and watershed protection themes. The Friends of the San Pedro River are proud to present their own video Return of the Beaver to the San Pedro River as part of the program. Furthermore, we will present a video called Mining Patagonia produced for the Patagonia Area Resource Alliance. We are fortunate to have the filmmakers of both these films, namely Mike Foster and Michelle Gisser, on hand to discuss them and answer questions. The video beaver describes the history of this keystone species along the San Pedro River, its extirpation in the early 20th century, its life history and benefits to habitat and other creatures, and finally successful efforts to reestablish this species in the past 15 years. The film about threats to Patagonia from prospective mining advocates for the protection of the watershed of Harshaw Creek and other drainages that the municpal water supply of Patagonia depends on. These threats are not unlike those of the San Pedro River and many of the same lessons apply.

FRIENDS OF THE SAN PEDFRO RIVER

March 13 and 14, 2014

FILM PROGRAM

I Am Red
A Boom With No Boundaries
A Brief History of the 5 Cent Bag Tax
Beyond Reclaimed 09
Hidden Rivers of Southern Appalachia
Paramov: Water For Life
Right Now
Sage Steppes, 800 Miles of the Oregon Trail
Elk Grass
Mining Patagonia
-Intermission-
The Price of Sand
Return of the Beaver to the San Pedro River

Kids Program

March 14, 2014

FILM PROGRAM

The Return of the Beaver to the San Pedro River
Elk Grass
My First Fish
Raptor Blues
A Brief History of the 5 Cent Bag Tax
Rock Wall Climbing
Tahoe Time 1.5
Ryan’s Stories
The Squeakiest Roar
Stories of Trust: Massachusetts
The Scared is Scared